An Unusual & Rare 17thC Memento Mori Lateen Heart Shaped Casket 1677 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Most of the missing teeth

Most of the missing teeth were lost ante-mortem

becoming ever more rapacious in their demands

and the frame with traces of age

They are pleasingly heavy so the plate must be thick and of good quality

and once double-hinged verso

An Unusual & Rare 17thC Memento Mori Lateen Heart Shaped Casket 1677 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews Most of the missing teethOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Charles IIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1677Height: 2. 75Width: 2. 75Depth: 1The unique and hugely intriguing copper alloy or lateen (zinc and copper) heart shaped casket, possibly once containing the heart of a deceased child, the relic having been found on an archaeological dig, having a hand engraved skull and cross bones motif to the centre with the (presumed) parents initials either side of T. W. F. W. and the initials of the